Tulsa Standard

Tulsa County recorded an unemployment rate of 5.6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 19,106 people out of the 664,084 living in Tulsa County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Tulsa County has increased compared to the 5.4% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Tulsa County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 5%.

Of the 320,847 people who had a job during that time, 702 were employed in the Armed Forces and 320,145 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	19,106	5.6%
Employed	320,847	94.4%
Employed in civilian labor force	320,145	94.2%
Employed in armed forces	702	0.2%